#she held still for long enough for airlia to do it and i think that should be appreciated

[shadowsblades]

airlia vc: puts a red rose in her hair for love week c: <3

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          The rose’s stem, clipped of its thorns, scrapes lightly against her scalp to lie in the crook where her long ear joins her head, the agitated twitch the former gives in response ( amplified in the accompanying shake of her head ) testament more to Valeera’s frustration with the ordeal than any irritation the cool, barely-there weight imposes. The red nestled against her temple, prominent in the periphery of her sight, isn’t so different from her usual vision of her hood, but if she appreciates the shade she does not it’s connotations. Flowers are not her thing, and she can feel already the mocking stares it will inspire in the Keep, despises how it will soften the adult formidability she attempts to cloak herself in.  

          The moment Airlia steps back, Valeera brushes past her for the mirror, her mind made up even before she views in the reflection her own rebellious visage and the fragile petals that contradict it, plucked immediately from her head, “Not happening.”